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Learning to Forget

           

           LauriethoughtthatthetaskofforgettinghisloveforJowouldabsorballhispowersforyears,buttohisgreatsurprisehediscovereditgreweasiereveryday.Herefusedtobelieveitatfirst,gotangrywithhimself,andcouldn’tunderstandit,buttheseheartsofoursarecuriousandcontrarythings,andtimeandnatureworktheirwillinspiteofus.Laurie’sheartwouldn’tache.Thewoundpersistedinhealingwitharapiditythatastonishedhim,andinsteadoftryingtoforget,hefoundhimselftryingtoremember.Hehadnotforeseenthisturnofaffairs,andwasnotpreparedforit.Hewasdisgustedwithhimself,surprisedathisownfickleness,andfullofaqueermixtureofdisappointmentandreliefthathecouldrecoverfromsuchatremendousblowsosoon.Hecarefullystirreduptheembersofhislostlove,buttheyrefusedtoburstintoablaze.Therewasonlyacomfortableglowthatwarmedanddidhimgoodwithoutputtinghimintoafever,andhewasreluctantlyobligedtoconfessthattheboyishpassionwasslowlysubsidingintoamoretranquilsentiment,verytender,alittlesadandresentfulstill,butthatwassuretopassawayintime,leavingabrotherlyaffectionwhichwouldlastunbrokentotheend.

           Astheword‘brotherly’passedthroughhismindinoneofhisreveries,hesmiled,andglancedupatthepictureofMozartthatwasbeforehim...

           "Well,hewasagreatman,andwhenhecouldn’thaveonesisterhetooktheother,andwashappy.

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